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Emphasize question is about hierarchy rather than reporting; edited title
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Xavier Nodet
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Can the ScrumMaster and other team members report tobe managed by the Product Owner?

Our team is switching to Scrum. I would be the ScrumMaster (in addition to being a developer), and another developer would become Product Owner (in addition to our product marketing guy).

All members of the team, including me, would report tobe managed by the would-be Product Owner (by 'report'. By that I mean that the guy would be the one deciding about our manager, handling administrative tasks like vacations, yearly evaluation, raises, etc.). Would this hierarchical link be prone to introduce issues? How do organizations typically map reportinghierarchical structure onto agile teams?

I suppose it's quite common that the ScrumMaster has a hierarchical link to the other developers in the team. Here it would be the Product Owner. Is this different?

Can the ScrumMaster and other team members report to the Product Owner?

Our team is switching to Scrum. I would be the ScrumMaster (in addition to being a developer), and another developer would become Product Owner (in addition to our product marketing guy).

All members of the team, including me, would report to the would-be Product Owner (by 'report' I mean that the guy would be our manager, handling administrative tasks like vacations, yearly evaluation, raises, etc.). Would this hierarchical link be prone to introduce issues? How do organizations typically map reporting structure onto agile teams?

Can the ScrumMaster and other team members be managed by the Product Owner?

Our team is switching to Scrum. I would be the ScrumMaster (in addition to being a developer), and another developer would become Product Owner (in addition to our product marketing guy).

All members of the team, including me, would be managed by the would-be Product Owner. By that I mean that the guy would be the one deciding about our yearly evaluation, raises, etc. Would this hierarchical link be prone to introduce issues? How do organizations typically map hierarchical structure onto agile teams?

I suppose it's quite common that the ScrumMaster has a hierarchical link to the other developers in the team. Here it would be the Product Owner. Is this different?

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Xavier Nodet
Xavier Nodet
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Can the ScrumMaster and other team members report to the Product Owner?

Our team is switching to Scrum. I would be the ScrumMaster (in addition to being a developer), and another developer would become Product Owner (in addition to our product marketing guy).

All members of the team, including me, would report to the would-be Product Owner (by 'report' I mean that the guy would be our manager, handling administrative tasks like vacations, yearly evaluation, raises, etc.). Would this hierarchical link be prone to introduce issues? How do organizations typically map reporting structure onto agile teams?